After days of travel, Buck realizes that he is in the north. Here is where Buck learns how to rely on his instincts for survival. Buck also learns that he has to live a life continual pain and discomfort.
Buck is being pushed to his limit by his three owners, Hal, Charles and Mercedes. He decides that he was pushed to his limit, so they beat him. While Buck's new masters are beating him, a man named John Thornton steps in. He threatens the dog beaters to get them to stop beating Buck. Therefore, Buck becomes John's friend.
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Sometimes while he sits with John in the forest, Buck hears mysterious calls, which awaken his instincts. Buck often goes off by himself in the wilderness in order to stalk animals, catch salmon or run with the wild wolves. Once, he spent days stalking a large moose.
Returning to camp, Buck finds that everyone, including John Thornton, has been killed by Indians. Without John with him, Buck runs wild. He runs with the wolves, catching salmon and hunting for food. But once every year, he goes to where John had died to mourn him. Buck has become one with the wilderness and goes back to